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FOLDING MIRROR. No. 328,742. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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PATENT PETER WIEDERER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,742, dated October20, 1885.

Application filed March 18, 1885. Serial No. 158,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER WIEDERER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingMirrors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved folding mirror of that classin which three mirror-plates are so united that they can be arranged atany suitable angle to each other, and neatly folded up after use; andthe invention consists of a folding mirror formed of a main and two sidemirror-plates, the frames of which are connected by double hinges withintermediate straps or leaves. The pintles of one hinge are arrangedmidway between the edges of the main frame and one side frame, while thepintles of the double hinges,connecting the main frame with the otherside frame, are arranged at the adjoining edges of said frames, so thatone side plate folds readily over the main plate and the other sideplate over the folded side plate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy improved folding mirror, shown extended for use.' Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an end View of the mirror asfolded up; and Figs. 4 and 5 show, respectively, the hingeconnection ofthe middle mirror-plate at opposite sides of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A A A represent three mirror-plates ofsuitable size, and a a a", the frames of the same. The frame a of themain mirror-plate A is connected with the frame a of the sidemirror-plate A by double hinges B B, which are so attached to the framesa a that the pintles of the double hinges B B are located midway betweenthe edges of the frames a a. The pintles of the hinges B B are connectedby straps or leaves b b, which extend over the joint between the framesa a, when the mirror-plates A A are folded one over the other, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4. By the double hinges B B the side mirror-plate A canbe readily folded over the main mirror-plate A.

To the opposite side of the frame a of the mirror-plate A is hinged bydouble hinges G the frame a of the opposite side plate, A The pintles ofthe hinges O O are, however, not located midway between the edges of theframes a a, but at the adjoining edges of the frames a a as shownrespectively in Figs. 3 and 5. The double hinges O 0 have connectingstraps or leaves I) b, which are equal in width to the thickness of theframe a.

The described arrangement of the hinges B and 0 permits the folding ofthe mirror-plates A A A one upon the other, as the disposition of thehinges B B brings the side plate A snugly over the main plate A, and thedisposition of the hinges O G the side plate A snugly over the plate A.At the same time the open space between the frames of the mirror-platesA A and A A is of about the same width when the plates are opened. Thedouble hinges B and 0 permit the setting of the side mirronplates, A A,at any suitable angle to the main plate A, either in front of or at theback of the same, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The side plates, AA", can be arranged not only at the customary forward angle ofinclination to the middle plate, A,

but also one in forward the other in backward direction, or both inbackward direction, so as to inclose a triangular space. This featurepermits of a more extensive use of the folding mirror than when theplates are 0011- nected by plain hinges in the manner heretofore in use,in which case only a forward position of the side plates is possible.

I am aware that hinges having intermediate folding straps or leavesconnected to pintles, and the leaves attached permanently to thearticles to be connected, have been used heretofore, and I therefore donot claim this hinge construction, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of a framed mirrorplate and twoframed side plates with double hinges having intermediate folding strapsor leaves by which the side plates are hinged to the frame of the mainplate, the pintles of the double hinges of one side plate being arrangedmidway to the edges of the main and side frames, while the pintles ofthe double hinges of the opposite side plate are arranged at theadjoining edges of the frames of the main plate and opposite sideplate,whereby the side plates may beset to any angle of inclination tothe main plate and snugly folded over the same, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a main mirror-plate, A, having a frame, a, a sidemirror-plate, A, having a frame, a, double hinges B B, connecting theframes a a, the pintles of said. hinges being arranged midway betweenthe edges of the frames 64 a and connected by straps or leaves I) b, asecond side plate, A having a frame, a, and double hinges O 0,connecting the frame a to the opposite side of the frame a, the pintlesof said hinges being arranged at PETER WIEDERER.

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' Louis 0. RAEGENER,

PAUL GOEPEL.

